#08172C#08172C

#08172C is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.4% C 0.047 H 257.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#08172C
RGB	rgb(8, 23, 44)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(215, 82%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 47.7%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.64, 2.32, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.64, 16.25, 278.20°)
OKLab	oklab(20.44% -0.0105 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(20.44% 0.047 257)
XYZ	xyz(0.8610, 0.8462, 2.5003)
Luminance	0.0085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#08172C #2C1D08

analogous

#08292C #08172C #0B082C

triadic

#08172C #2C0817 #172C08

tetradic

#08172C #2C0829 #2C1D08 #082C0B

square

#08172C #2C0829 #2C1D08 #082C0B

split-complementary

#08172C #2C0B08 #292C08

monochromatic

#050E1A #050E1A #08172C #113260 #1B4D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.96

#08172C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#08172C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #08172C

17.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##08172C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##08172C	1.00	17.96	1.17	17.96
#FFFFFF	17.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E192D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08152C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #08172c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(8, 23, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.4% 0.047 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4c5365',
    500: '#08172c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #08172c;
$custom-light: #4c5365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#08172c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 8,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20437,
    "c": 0.04699,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.00846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#08172C

secondary

#6B4E25

accent

#A33CEC

background

#F4F4F6

surface

#E7E7EB

border

#C3C3C6

text

#010205

muted

#77787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #08172C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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